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Old 11/10/2007, 05:50 PM
xxxbadfishxxx xxxbadfishxxx is offline
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120 Owners - Post your equipment.

Planning the 120, still going to be a way off but was wondering what many of you had.

Tank: Oceanic Tech 120 (48x24x24)
Lighting: TekLight 8x54, 6X54 or Aquatinics
Skimmer: ASM G3, Octopus 200NW, or EuroReef RS180
Return: Eheim 1262 or Mag9.
Powerheads: 2x KORALIA 3
Sump/Fuge: 40 Gallons
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Old 11/10/2007, 06:20 PM
nterry nterry is offline
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lights: 4x96 PC
Skimmer: Aqua C 180
Powerheads: 4 Maxijet 1200 with red sea wavemaker
1 Tunze 6060
Sump: 30/40 gallon
Refugium light: 65 W
Return Iwaki Mag Drive
3 moonlights
Phosphate reactor by 2 little fishies
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Old 11/10/2007, 06:23 PM
BigBadBlenny BigBadBlenny is offline
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Location: Ontario Canada
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i would look at bigger power heads. what are you keeping?
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Old 11/10/2007, 06:28 PM
nauticac4 nauticac4 is offline
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Greenville, NC
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Tank: Dunno (48x24x24)
Lighting: Dual PFO 2x250W MH w. Hamilton 14k
Skimmer: Octopus 200NW
Return: Eheim 1262
Flow: OM 4 Way connected to a Reeflo Dart
Sump/Fuge: Sump 29 Fuge 20
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Old 11/10/2007, 06:36 PM
45commando 45commando is offline
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fort Lauderdale,Fl
Posts: 1,031
lighting:2x 250wt XM 10K halides on magnetic ballasts,with 330 wt of actinic VHO on an icecap 660.
40G sump
10G fuge/frag tank
Pumps:Mag 12 return & Mag 9.5 for skimmer
skimmer old sealife systems venturi
additional flow:6x MJ1200 on a redsea wavemaker(4 are modded,2 are stock)
1/4 HP aquanetics chiller
reeftek kalk reactor
Tunze Osmolator for top off,which is fed by 20G resevoir
25 GPD RO/DI for make up/top off water.

I keep mainly clams,softies,anemones & LPS, HTH
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Last edited by 45commando; 11/10/2007 at 06:42 PM.
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Old 11/10/2007, 08:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New Jersey
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2x 400w MH w/ 10k Ushios on PFO ballasts
3x 54w T-5 actinic
75 g fuge w 175w MH on reverse light cycle
1/4 hp chiller on CL in fuge
45 g sump with carbon, GFO, UV, & ozone
ASM G4X Sedra 9000 with mesh mod
GEO Kalk mixer fed by ATO
MTC Pro Cal calcium reactor
runnibg 2x Tunze 6100 and 1 x VorTech for circulation
... that's it ... for now
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Old 11/10/2007, 08:14 PM
nattydread nattydread is offline
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: st. louis
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Solar Flare T-5's
Mrc Reef Sump
1 Vortech, 6000 strem
Aqua C ev-180
Geo Kalk.
Phosban Reactor.
Reek Keeper 2
Sedra 9000 return
2x 200 w Jager
Dosing pump for Ato w/ Geo
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Old 11/10/2007, 08:44 PM
Lt.Dan Lt.Dan is offline
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Location: Sacramento, California
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Ice Cap T-5 54 Watt 8 lamps overdriven with 660 ballasts.
Sequence Hammerhead closed loop.
Mag 9.5 return pump.
Pacific Coast CL-650 chiller.
Tunze DOC 9010 skimmer.
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Old 11/10/2007, 09:46 PM
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cool, keep it coming. whats everyones stocking list (fish).
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Old 11/10/2007, 10:01 PM
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Pair o. clowns in RBTA
orchid dottyback
coral beauty
midas blenny
heniocus butterfly
yellow tang
fox face lo
blue stripped rabbit
4 blue/green chromis
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Old 11/11/2007, 11:13 AM
Trnman32 Trnman32 is offline
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Yulee,just north of jville
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48x24x24 oceanic
90 gallon sump
2-400w MH 20k xm's
2-110w VHO
mag 12 return
2-tunze 6100 streams
ASM g3 mesh modded
TANK STOCK
2 mated false percs 4 yrs old
orange shoulder tang
vlamingi tang
golden rabbit fish
yellow fuscus blenny
purple pseudo
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Old 11/11/2007, 11:21 AM
nattydread nattydread is offline
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5 chromis.
pair of clowns.
watchman goby.
2 fairy wrasses.
coral beauty
Royal Gramma, allthough I havent seen him lately.
firefish
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Old 11/11/2007, 07:09 PM
msn711 msn711 is offline
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: DC
Posts: 883
Tank: AGA 120 (48x24x24)
Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit (2x250w MH/4x54w T5/18 Lunar Lights)
Skimmer: Tunze 9010 that I can't get to work
Return: Mag 9.5
Powerheads: Vortech w/ Battery Backup
Sump: 40 Breeder

The sump is the first thing I would change if I could. On the standard AGA pine stand, a 40br as a sump is just too large (or too tall to be specific), making it hard to get stuff in and out of the stand.

More details in my sig.
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Old 11/11/2007, 09:56 PM
pdfb55 pdfb55 is offline
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 252
Tank: Oceanic Tech
Lighting: 48 inch solaris I
Skimmer: ASM G3
Return: Eheim 1262
powerheads: 2 vortechs w/ wireless wave drivers
Sump/Fuge: 30 gallons
Calcium reactor: GEO
Its a bb with about 75 lbs marco rocks, very open aquascaping
No livestock yet. Just set up last week

Good luck with your 120
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Old 11/11/2007, 10:08 PM
chefelvis chefelvis is offline
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
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Oceanic 120 4*2*2
440 watts VHO
Prizm Skimmer
Mag 7 return
Custom made refugium with miracle mud and cheatomorpa sp.
Emperor 400
hydor koralia 4
2 stealth heaters

Houses: Large male naso, 8 year old maroon clown, mated pair of mandarin drangons( 4 years) Red headed fairy wrasse, Green chromis. and the Copperband butterfly. Giant maxima clam and corcea and SPS and giant brain, Large frogspawn, ricordea, mushrooms, lots more...
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Old 11/11/2007, 10:31 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: sacramento
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tank: aga 48x24x24
lighting: 250w xm 15k hqi x 2 54w t5 x 6
skimmer: aqua-c 180
pumps: return reefflow dart circulation pump mag 12 x 2
sump: 40 gal linked to a 150gal fuge
uv: aqua ultra violet 25w uv ozone orp controller
heater: 300w stealth x2
pinpoint ph moniter
phosban reactor x3 2 with phosban 1 with carbon
1/4hp chiller
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Old 11/13/2007, 01:50 PM
nauticac4 nauticac4 is offline
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No yelling about my fish list!

1 Powdered Brown (may be a white cheek)
1 Atlantic Blue
1 Tennenti Tang
2 False Percs
2 Lyretail Anthias (was four)
3 blue green chromis
1 Engineer Goby
1 Lawnmower Blenny
1 Copperbanded Butterfly

1 Tear Drop Maxima
1 Crocea
1 Deresa
1 Cleaner Shrimp
40 or so asst. snails
10 hermits
GTBA

Frogspawn, leathers, toadstool, various zoos, 2 monti caps, digi, stag, some acro and a frag rack
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Old 11/13/2007, 02:13 PM
fishysteve fishysteve is offline
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Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
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tank - 120 AGA - 48 x 24 x 24
skimmer - ETSS 80 XR run by Mag 18
lighting - two 150 watt 10K Ushio DE, 192 watts PC 56 watts of T5
refugium/sump - 50 gal AGA 36 x 18 x 18
flow - three Tunze 6000 on multicontroller
return pump - Mag 7

Stock List
one yellow tang
one sixline wrasse
4 blue green chromis
two serpent stars
one brittle star
one Derasa clam
one Crocea clam
two cleaner shrimp
50 misc. hermits
30 misc. snails
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Old 11/13/2007, 02:29 PM
reptilemanmark reptilemanmark is offline
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144 Half Round
2 150 HQI`s in a 36" 10k
4 65 watt compact actinic
30 gallon sump with a box of live rock under spill way 12x12x12
MRC skimmer 24" Mag 12 on it
UV light on one return line to sump 36 watt
Phosban 150 running half Carbon/Iron oxide
275lbs live rock (fiji)
No power heads
Mag 24 from sump to tank
Lime water top off from a 30 gallon from a parastolic on a timer ( 2 gallons aday)
actinic Lights on 9am off 1pm ,1pm 150 MH`s on & off 7pm, Itenics on at 6pm off at 9pm
Moon lights on opposite other lights
??? I think that`s it ???
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Old 11/13/2007, 02:48 PM
goldmaniac goldmaniac is offline
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Yardley, PA
Posts: 405
tank: all-glass 120 2'x2'x4'
Light: two 150 HQI + two 92w PC acitinics
salt: Red Sea
rock: about 40 lbs rock , 100 lbs self-made rock
acrylic refugium/sump: 50+ gallons
- 'fuge: 24"x 16" area of caulerpa prolifera in 2" - 3" Kent's BioSubstrate
- 'fuge: dual 19w florescent lights, outputting 85w each (from Melev's Reef instructions)
- before water enters the fuge , overflows drop water into two 100 micron socks
- after the 'fuge, two ViaAqua 4900's back up to the tank
Skimmer: no skimmer
UV: no UV
no Phosphate or Calcuim reactors
single Koralia 4 in display, I need a 2nd
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Old 11/13/2007, 03:00 PM
ReefWreak ReefWreak is offline
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Boca Raton or Tallahassee - Florida State University
Posts: 2,628
lighting:2x 250w Hamilton 14k (I hate it! I want my 10kXMs back!) halides on one CoralVue Eballast and one new style IceCap 250w Eballast - PFO spiderlight/parabolic reflectors
440w of URI SuperActinic VHO on an icecap 660
29G sump
Pumps:LG 1200ish GPH pump, not the pressure rated one
skimmer: EuroReef CS8-2 with Sedra9000 and gatevalve mod
additional flow: 2 Seio 1100s w/ magnetic mounts, 1 Korallia 4
1/4 HP Custom Sealife (oldschool) chiller
Deltec PF501 Calcium reactor - JUST added AmericanMarine pH controller - 20lb CO2
Phosban 150g

Stocking:
1 Dejardini Sailfin tang (about 4-5")
12 misc smaller fish (anthia, Bg chromis, goby, dottybacks, 2 dwarf angels)
maybe 10-15 Astrea snails
1 blue leg hermit

Acros, Montis, 12-14" basketball sized Pocillapora colony, Torch, candycane, few zoos, 1 crocea.

2" shallow sand bed
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Old 11/13/2007, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: maryland
Posts: 616
Lighting: 2x250 20k MH's, 4-96w actinics
Skimmer: CSS 220
Return: MAG12
Flow:Koralia powerhead x2-size 4 These are hide among the live rock., 0ne MJ 1200 along the botton of the back glass.
Sump/Fuge: 65 gallon. With 6" DSB and a 20K PC light.
I dose the tnk every night with lime water about 2 gallons.
9w UV sterilizer

Live Stock
1-Sailfin Tang
1 Hippo Tang
1 Bristle tooth Tang
2 Yellow Stripe Maroon Clowns
2 Blue/Green Chromis
2 Anthias (Male/Female)
1 Cleaner Wrasse
Many types of inverts
210lbs of live rock.

Corals
Many types of SPS
Many types of LPS
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Old 11/13/2007, 05:13 PM
xxxbadfishxxx xxxbadfishxxx is offline
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sweet, keep those setups coming.

This is my planned fish list, let me know what you think.

1 Sailfin Tang (already have)
1 Powder blue tang
2 O. Clowns (already have)
1 Yellow Watchman Goby (already have)
1 Psedechromis (already have)
1 Mandarin
1 copperband Butterfly
2 Bangai Cardinals
3 Anthias

Overstocked? Will the Psedechromis need to be removed for the anthias? That would be three big fish and everything else is relatively small.


ALso, feel free to post pics of your setups.
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Old 11/13/2007, 07:08 PM
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the copperband may outcompete the mandarin, i'd at least get a really good pod population together before introducing them.
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Old 11/13/2007, 07:58 PM
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Im with Drstupid, Without a nice population of pods he might not make it. I found one in the LFS I helped out at and he was all skin and bones but 6-8 months later as fat a ever. I really didnt think it would make it this far. Also good luck with the Powder Blue Tang. Hopefully you have better luck then I. I had bought 2 so far and both died. One got ick a week later and it was over from there. The other didnt even last a day.
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